The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-05-13

N. 4. Chas. Morrow, . resident OF that vi1.
lage came home intoxicated, and at the sap
per table began abusing his wife. THIS was
no Uncommon thing, ~ Morrow; when drunk,
was viciertly and.uniustly Jealous of his wife
and had made lie . burden BY beating and
abusing her most ~outragesusly during the
past few months. Many times lately Mrs.
Morrow has beeh Obliged to leave her four
small children with her brute husband and
ny to ~neighbors for safety because he threat
ened to take her life. Last night abe again
fled from the house tearing violence. Her
husband followed her out on the street, and
drawing . revolver, shot her in the back Of
the neck - she ran. He then placed the ne.
volver to his head and senta bullet through
his brain. Mrs. Morrow died within an hour.
The husband died several hours later.
A terrific thunder. storm, accompanied by
heavy hail and wind equal to = hurricane,
passed over the Allegheny mountains in east
ern Somerset and western Bedford counties,
Penn, between Z md 8 O'Clock Wednesday
evening. A few moments before the storm
came . roaring like the discharge Of many
cannons was heard In the distance, and Is
soon % the clouds rolled across the sky the
roar increased. The storm struck the noun.
tains, moving In = northwesterly direction
and about . quarter Of q mile wide. For two
miles large trees were twisted Off like straws,
and everything in its path ironed into the
earth. In some instances immense trees were
caught up and carried several hundred feet
into the air and hurled back agsin with such
swiftness It cannot be described. Lightning
was fearful and hail fell in stones Is large as
hens eggs. and vegetation Of all kinds sui.
fered severely. The damage to fruit trees
will amount to thousands of dollars.
The Union Pacific railroad commission re.
newed the examination Of witnesses on
Wednesday in New York City. A. w. Holmes,
one Of the counsel for the road, was a witness
He related the n Of construction of thu
Union Pacific. There were originally foul
roads, the Kansas Pacific, Denver Pacific and
Oregon railroad. In the fall Of 1876, thu
Kansas Pacific became one of the combination
Of bondholders Of the Denver Pacific. Mr.
Holmes said the total membranes on thu
roads in 1877 were u bonded debt of &22os, 1871,
600, and interest Of q ,5s5, $50. This covered
the whole road from Kansas City to Denver
The stock Of the road was valued at abou
$1O,0 600 at that time. TIE government
lien was $780,, 900, and the capital stock o
the Denver Pacific about 100000. A re
cciver was appointed for the Kansas Pacif,
in 1876. From 1873 to 1876 the Kansas Pa
cific sold as low as e or 50; Denver Pacific
$40, while others of these securi
ties named were practically valuclees
Mr.. Anderson asked why the Denver stock
which Dillon had sworn January IL was O
little or no value, had not been transferre,
to the Kansas u Pacific direct, SO 1t woul,
get the benefit. instead Of going through TIN
tue hands of Gould, Sage, Atkins, Fredericl
l.. Ames, Dexter and their associates on tn
Union Pacific, when the day after this deere
was made q transfer wae made and immcdi
atcly became Of full valuef The witness ex
planned that Gould exchanged the Kansa
Pacific bonds on c%ross-country branches 10
this stock, then put 1t in for equal shares o
consolidated stock and It became wort
s3,OOO,OO0 Immediately, and the holders who's,
names have been given drew s per cent divi
dends on 1t up to 1885, when the Union Paci
fc ceased paying dividends.